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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s hard to know what the details are, but probably if this woman can’t go to the hospital and have a procedure to remove her baby, it’s because her baby is still alive, and (the mom) isn’t currently in medical danger from the pregnancy.

State law says treatments for miscarriages, known as “spontaneous abortions” in medicine, and ectopic pregnancies, in which a fertilized egg grows outside of the uterus and becomes unviable, do not count as illegal abortions.

Texas state lawmakers passed a law that now gives a legal defense to health care providers who exercise “reasonable judgment in providing medical treatment” for an “ectopic pregnancy at any location” or a “previable premature rupture of membranes,” which is when a pregnant patient’s amniotic fluid breaks before a fetus is determined to be able to survive outside of the uterus.

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=88R&Bill=HB3058

Legislative Session: 88(R)		
Add to Bill List	
Last Action:	06/17/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption Version:	Enrolled
Caption Text:	Relating to the provision of certain medical treatment to a pregnant woman by a physician or health care provider.
Author:	Johnson, Ann | Leach | Slawson | Howard | Thompson, Senfronia
Sponsor:	Hughes
Cosponsor:	Bettencourt | Eckhardt | Hinojosa | Kolkhorst
Subjects:	Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)
Health Care Providers (I0387)
Health--General (I0385)
PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)
PHYSICIANS (S1282)
PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)
MEDICAL BOARD, TEXAS (V0644)
House Committee:	Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Viability – or when a fetus can survive outside of the uterus – depends on each pregnancy and various factors, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The group recommends that patients who experience a premature water break be counseled about the risks of continuing or terminating the pregnancy. This should also include information about the realistic potential outcomes for the fetus. Risks associated with a premature rupture of membranes include infection, placental abruption and umbilical cord accidents.

State law also says the Texas Medical Board cannot take disciplinary action against a physician for providing such treatment, and that pharmacies and pharmacists who provide medication ordered by a physician in these circumstances also have a defense.

Texas abortion laws, however, don’t make an exception for lethal fetal abnormalities, forcing some pregnant patients to carry pregnancies to term even if they are not expected to have viable outcomes.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/11/texas-abortion-law-birth-control-what-you-need-to-know/#:~:text=It%20is%20still%20illegal%20to,function”of%20a%20pregnant%20patient.

Anyway; the baby in this case has a very severe congenital condition and has a poor chance of survival. Mom currently isn’t in medical danger. Texas will not allow exceptions for that. Mom could drive to NM and get an abortion, but does not want to do so.

If the mother was currently in medical distress due to the pregnancy, she could have an abortion in the hospital in Texas. Because she’s not documented to have that happening, her choice is to continue the pregnancy, or drive to NM.

As a woman pregnant with a child who has a devastating medical condition, I’d do one or the other. Launching a legal campaign would be my last thought.

“Kate Cox’s life and future fertility are at great risk, and according to her doctor, the medical care that she needs is an abortion," Molly Duane, a senior staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in the hearing Thursday.“

If her life was truly in danger she would have her unborn baby removed/delivered/aborted at her local hospital.

The pregnant woman released a photo a few days ago; while I sympathize with her, she doesn’t look like her life is in danger at all. I don’t know why she doesn’t just go to NM and have an abortion there, if she is suffering so much and her unborn child is suffering so much.

Few prolife people will post here because dcum is full of unhinged nonsense claiming that women are being forced to give birth and have no control over their bodies, are too dumb to use birth control, are being held in baby production labs by the GOP, etc.

Personally I think this is a very sad situation that is being used by abortion rights activists to make Texas allow women to abort their babies.

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I’m fascinated by posters like this.  
What it must be like to be this dumb. I used to assume everything was harder for them,  but now I realize it’s the exact opposite.
Life is simple to simpletons. [/quote]

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